by Martin | Feb 21, 2014 | Dubai Feb. 2014
“Start me up” – was the first song. No need for a support band if you have such a song to start the gigg. Wow, these men are old! But they don’t behave like that! On the one side it felt a bit weird to see such old men behave like 20 year olds – but on the...
by Martin | Feb 21, 2014 | Dubai Feb. 2014
A relaxing afternoon at the beach. We had the beach, beer, the ocean, a shisha… The water was a bit cold though… Youssef showed us a small little restaurant which is famous for seafood. Youssef knows the owner and this is a real hidden treasure! One of the best meals...
by Martin | Feb 21, 2014 | Dubai Feb. 2014
We started the morning with a trip to the observatory at the Burh Khalifa. I have done this a couple of times now (Petronas Towers, Auckland, Sydney, Shanghai) and I was a bit disappointed that the observatory is “only” at like 452m (the building is >800m in...
by Martin | Feb 20, 2014 | Dubai Feb. 2014
A relaxing day without too much on the agenda. Started with visiting the Dubai mall for some shopping (well for me: eating). We chose to go not for a “healthy, fat reduced burger chain” but instead went to “FAT BURGER”. The name is well chosen. Even though we didn’t...
by Martin | Feb 19, 2014 | Dubai Feb. 2014
Youssef organized a Desert Safari for us. It started with dune bashing – driving ONTO the sand dunes with a 4×4 and not too slow! Really great – but next time I want a private charter. We had a 5-year old in the car and the driver had to slow down....
